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The Amaranth

Or, religious poems; consisting of fables, visions, emblems, etc. Adorned with copper-plates from the best masters [by Walter Harte]
Harte, Walter (1709-1774)

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CHRIST's PARABLE OF THE SOWER.
  
INTRODUCTION.
  
PARABLE.
  
INTERPRETATION.
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THE ASCETIC,
  
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THE MEDITATION OF THOMAS A KEMPIS.
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CONTENTMENT, INDUSTRY, AND ACQUIESCENCE under the Divine Will:
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THE VISION OF DEATH.
  
INTRODUCTION.
  
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MORAL.
  
THE COURTIER AND PRINCE:
  
THE ENCHANTED REGION:
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EULOGIUS:
  
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MACARIUS:
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BOETIUS:
  
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Religious Melancholy, AN EMBLEMATICAL ELEGY.
  
MEDITATIONS ON CHRIST's Death and Passion.

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God, says the chief of Penitents , is One
Who gives Himself, his Spirit, and his Son.
“Is hunger irksome?—Thou by Him art fed
“With quails miraculous, and heav'nly bread.
“Is thirst oppressive?—Lift thy eyes, and see
“Cat'racts of water fall from rocks for thee.
“Art thou in darkness?—Uncreated light
“Is all thy own, and guides thy erring sight.
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“Is nakedness thy lot?—Yet ne'er repine;—
“The vestments of Eternity are thine.
“Art thou a widow?—God's thy consort true.
“Art thou an orphan?—He's thy father too.”
 

St. August. The ten lines marked with inverted commas are a literal translation from him.

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